Map of Social and Environmental Innovations in Rio de Janeiro
Data_labe
A journalism, data and research laboratory in the Maré favela. At the centre of the conceptual framing of their work is the question of how data and narratives shape the image and reputation of cities, neighbourhoods and their inhabitants.
iWastes - Inteligência Ambiental
A technology company focused on environmental issues and which was built to solve a problem common to all companies: the correct and efficient management of waste, contributing to protection of the environment.
Plêiades.P2P - Ciência Cidadã no RJ.
A free open learning project, which curates, edits, publishes and disseminates citizen science guides in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Penha Verde
Initiative creating protective seedling banks made from reused pallets. In addition to a public seedling bank, it protects tree seedlings in flowerbeds in large cities.
Cocôzap
Descrição: Mapeamento cidadão de queixas referentes a saneamento básico no complexo da maré.
Horta do Vinil
This is a community garden in the neighbourhood of Barra da Tijuca, founded and maintained by volunteers who are residents and believe in the philosophy of “living well in big cities”. They work on agro-ecology principles.
Projeto Transforme Desenvolvimento Social E Humano
Descrição: Oferecer serviço social em comprometimento com a vida dos atendidos através de cuidados humano e qualificado no atendimento integrado com a comunidade e o entorno de uma forma sustentável. Trabalhamos com medidas estabelecidas para promover o equilíbrio e o bem estar da sociedade.
PretaLab (iniciativa do Olabi Makerspace)
This is an initiative aiming to encourage the inclusion of black and indigenous girls and women in the field of new technologies. They also undertake research into the representation, successes and challenges of black and indigenous girls and women working in this area.
Labora
An accelerator that brings together social and cultural entrepreneurs in a hub where they exchange, learn and co-create innovative solutions that improve life in cities and transform urban realities.
Think Blue
They create clothes made from reused jeans, thus producing pieces that have less impact on the environment. The team seeks to have a positive social impact on the lives of those involved in the production and purchase of the clothes.
CDD na Tela
This group offers training workshops in the areas of audio-visual and content production for online broadcasting. The workshops are offered to young people from the community of Cidade de Deus, a favela/”slum” on the west side of the city.
FaveladaRocinha.com
This network seeks to promote and maintain links between different initiatives in the Rocinha favela which focus on culture, health, education and popular history. It works particularly with children, through playfulness, focusing on ensuring citizenship and basic rights.
Horta Comunitária e Tecnologias Sociais de Baixo Custo
An initiative which promotes community gardens for educational purposes related to environmental awareness in the favelas of Complexo do Alemão and Engenho da Rainha. It promotes both community cohesion and links to the environment.
Movimento Preserva Laboriaux - Favela verde
Descrição: Favela Verde é uma organização brasileira fundada em 2011, atualmente situada na favela da Rocinha. Realizamos projetos socioambientais a través de processos de participação e inovação social, que objetivam a resiliência e a sustentabilidade urbana.
O Som Das Comunidades
A social project in Complexo do Turano, a favela (“slum”) in the city, whose objective is social inclusion through education and professionalization in the area of music.
Gastromotiva
A global social gastronomy initiative which connects people, projects, companies, universities, international agencies, governments and civil society around the transformative power of food. The project argues that hunger, waste, lack of opportunities, obesity and malnutrition are global challenges that demand joint actions.
Bela Maré
A space for the creation and diffusion of art and culture, based on the creative outputs of cultural groups and collectives located in the Maré favela.
Faveladarocinha.com
This network seeks to promote and maintain links between different initiatives in the Rocinha favela which focus on culture, health, education and popular history. It works particularly with children, through playfulness, focusing on ensuring citizenship and basic rights.
ECOM - Olhares da Maré
Offering photography workshops, this is a video production laboratory for local artists from the Maré favela. He hosts the “Cineminha no beco” cinema clubs for children and the “Cine cena de consumo” for adult audiences of Cracolândia.
https://redesdamare.org.br/br/info/8/escola-de-cinema-olhares-da-mare-ecom
https://www.facebook.com/ECOM-Escola-de-Cinema-Olhares-da-Mar%C3%A9-189281428415958/
Barkus Educacional
A social impact business that promotes inclusion and financial education in Brazil. The organization develops active learning methodologies for different age groups.
Casa Brota
A co-working space inside the Complexo do Alemão favela. A space for entertainment, technology, innovation and accommodation for local entrepreneurs.
Coletivo Papo Reto
This is an independent communication collective made up of young people living in the favelas of Complexo do Alemão and Penha. They organise collective action in the communities and bring information to the local population.
https://100ko.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR0uJ1Es6uKLPiFv_u-mzd-yTw_zg84zRNp_2J9XQ53hP8okNs-LY6jehzA
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ColetivoPapoReto/about/?ref=page_internal
Caronaê
This is a system of solidary hitchhiking, made up of hitchhiking points spread out over the campuses of partner universities as well as a mobile application exclusive to the academic community of these institutions (students, faculty and service staff).
Rede Caxias Criativa
A space for the community of people interested in strengthening the creative economy through actions of innovation and creativity for Duque de Caxias!
There are several initiatives that have no specific headquarters. Therefore, they are listed below. You will find a brief description and contact information if you want to know more.
Free technical lessons in DJing in funk music , located in the Jacarepaguá neighbourhood. Creation of didactic content for the internet.
An initiative which takes literature to the favelas and organises literary events that speak in the language of those who had and are denied access to such events. They problematise the fact that literary events normally take place far away from the favelas.
This is an audio-visual collective from the Baixada Fluminense. The group is united in the desire to provoke the production / exhibition of images and amplify their social and aesthetic implications as they form part of the region’s reality and way of life.
An initiative designing a mobile application with the objective of creating a “garbage map” of the city of São Gonçalo, in the State of Rio. The user can register markers by geolocation which help draw attention to locations where there is a lack of garbage collection or open dumps.
This is an online search tool, like Google, which allocates 80% of its profits every month to reforestation projects around the world, including in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
A guide collating the cultural practices in the favelas. ** Updated until 2014
An Initiative which develops pedagogical practices and innovative actions seeking balance between society and the environment. The Permacultural School focuses on the integration of permaculture and agroecology in the curriculum of public schools on the outskirts of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
This is an online and collaborative platform that brings together like-minded initiatives and events related to social and environmental causes in Rio de Janeiro.
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